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...eight hits in 14 at bat. He was second to Harvard's Ulysses Lupien last year. Polzer also has batted in mot runs, ten, and with a teammate, Ronnie Stillman, has scored the most runs, seven, as well as having gained most total bases, 13. Another Cornellian, Walter Scholl, leads in the competition for the Princeton A. A. Cup, emblematic of league base-stealing championship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Nine Fourth in Intercollegiate League; Cornell Batsmen Lead | 4/30/1940 | See Source »

...Bill Holderness and Dartmouth's iron-man Hal Wonson who is also running in the 1000, but in the two-mile grind Dave Simboli will undoubtedly finish up among the leaders, although an up-and-coming New Haven lad named Ronald Clark is conceded a definite edge, and Cornellian Ranney looks good

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORNELL FAVORITE TO WIN TRACK MEET | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

...citizen might be expected to know income tax law to the last loophole, he would be one "having a taxable net estate of $1,000,000 and a taxable net income of $100,000." To just such a man, however, the Cornellian Council Bulletin last week pointed out how much he could "save" by giving Cornell $15,000, the maximum percentage of his income on which Federal law allows gift exemptions. He would, the Bulletin reminded him, save $8,650 in Federal income tax, an average state income tax of $1,000. Deducting $15,000 from his estate, moreover, would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Cheap Giving | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

Because of her natural aloofness and the fact that she has been a major theatrical figure for only eleven years, the body of Cornellian legend is meagre. But two tales told on Actress Cornell, whether or not apocryphal, are characteristic. One reflects her extraordinary modesty: Producer Gilbert Miller once telephoned from Manhattan to England to congratulate Actress Cornell on her birthday. She could not imagine anyone doing such a thing, thought someone was playing a joke, hung up. Another story indicates the utter seriousness with which Actress Cornell takes the theatre, no matter on which side of the footlights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Seven Minds & Four Cultures | 12/26/1932 | See Source »

...become a dancer, but she broke her ankle after appearing in the first Music Box Revue. His Majesty's Car is her twelfth theatrical engagement, including one year with the Theatre Guild. She has no hobbies, one wirehaired fox terrier, one husband-Playwright Austin Parker (Week End), Cornellian, Wartime ambulance driver, flyer in the Lafayette Escadrille. She looks girlish onstage, thirtyish off (exact age secret...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 3, 1930 | 11/3/1930 | See Source »

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